Fort McMurray evacuees allowed to return home
Fort McMurray evacuees allowed to return homeNewsDuration 2:10More than 6,000 residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., who were ordered out of their homes due to wildfire are now welcome to go back. But as the CBC’s Sam Samson explains, the fire is still not under control.
Source:CBC News
May 20, 2024 00:17 UTC
'Distinguished gentlemen' suit up for fundraising Winnipeg motorcycle ride
'Distinguished gentlemen' suit up for fundraising Winnipeg motorcycle rideNewsDuration 1:55A few dozen Winnipeg motorcycle riders put on their finest suits and hopped onto their classic and vintage-style motorcycles Sunday to raise funds and awareness for men's mental health and prostate cancer research. CBC's Justin Fraser talked with Marc Perreault and Louis Rondeau, the local co-hosts of the Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride, about the annual event that began in Australia and has spread around the world.
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May 19, 2024 22:37 UTC
I fled to the city to feel safer as a gay man. I never imagined I'd move back to a small town
My partner, who also spent some of his youth in a small town, and I enjoyed driving the backroads in Manitoba, visiting small towns and learning from historic homesteads together. Exasperated from feeling apprehensive and afraid every time I left home, I realized I had escaped rural life to feel safe, only to feel unsafe again. Thirty years passed since I first moved out of a small town. Moving back to a small town has raised complicated feelings. Mizzi realized he needed different things from his home when he was living in Exeter, left, Winnipeg, centre, and Stonewall, Man., right.
Source:CBC News
May 19, 2024 21:19 UTC
NATIONAL POST: Field Programme Coordinator (NO-C), Bentiu, South Sudan
The Position:The Field Programme Coordinator post is located in the Bentiu, Unity State, Republic of South Sudan. Job Purpose:Under the direct supervision of the UNFPA Deputy Representative, the Field Programme Coordinator plays a leadership role with the programme team in the UNFPA Bentiu Field office. Programme Development and ImplementationPromoting a results-based approach, integrating innovative policies and strategies into the design and formulation of sub-programmes and projects. Facilitating the achievement of programme results by identifying, providing and coordinating inputs into programme development and implementation, ensuring programme monitoring and oversight, and coordinating and evaluating the inputs of consultants and technical experts. UNFPA Work Environment:UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance.
Source:National Post
May 19, 2024 21:04 UTC
She found an insect ecosystem inside a huge sculpture, then found a way to get them out
She found an insect ecosystem inside a huge sculpture, then found a way to get them outNewsDuration 5:46Miki Lee has seen a lot as a conservator at The Rooms in St. John’s, but this was a new one. Actually, thousands and thousands of new ones. An entire ecosystem of insects were living inside a massive sculpture from renowned artist Billy Gauthier. Now Lee had a massive problem to solve. See how she did it.
Source:CBC News
May 19, 2024 18:58 UTC
3 dead, 5 injured in evening boat crash north of Kingston
Three people are dead and five others injured in what police are calling a "horrible" collision involving two boats on a lake north of Kingston, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened in the Buck Bay area of Bobs Lake after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. 'Very terrible, very tragic'Anna McMillan was at home nearby when the crash happened, and said she'd never seen that many first responders descend on one place before in her life. "I did not know what was going on [but I] figured it was something very terrible, very tragic," she said. The crash happened an hour after sunset, something boating instructor Craig Hamilton said increases safety risk.
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May 19, 2024 18:36 UTC
CBC chief says broadcaster isn't making specific plans for loss of public subsidy
The head of the CBC says that while the public broadcaster must prepare for "all possible outcomes," it doesn't have a specific plan in the works for the possibility of a future Conservative government cancelling all or part of the Crown corporation's public subsidy. No," Tait said, when asked about the possible termination of the $1.3-billion subsidy the company receives yearly from the federal government. Tait said that in polling commissioned by the public broadcaster, CBC found a "vast majority" of Canadians support its continued role in Canada. "I believe that my primary role is to advocate for a strong public broadcaster," she said. WATCH | CBC president pressed on bonuses: Liberal MP asks CBC president to reconsider bonus pay structure Duration 4:34 Liberal MP Michael Coteau asked CBC president Catherine Tait whether she would reconsider performance payments, adding bonuses should only be 'given when times are good.'
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May 19, 2024 13:09 UTC
CBC News gets rare access to Port-au-Prince as Haiti deals with gang crisis
CBC News gets rare access to Port-au-Prince as Haiti deals with gang crisisNewsDuration 2:05CBC News's Paul Hunter travels with the World Food Program from the port city of Cap-Haïtien to Port-au-Prince to witness the cataclysmic humanitarian crisis and efforts to bring food and aid to millions of Haitians.
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May 19, 2024 13:09 UTC
At half a century old, St. Michael’s Printshop wants you to come by and learn about the space
At half a century old, St. Michael’s Printshop wants you to come by and learn about the spaceNewsDuration 2:11St. Michael’s Printshop in downtown St. John’s has hosted exhibitions and workshops in its 50 years, but there’s more to it than that, says executive director Christeen Francis. She talks to the CBC’s Beth Whitten about encouraging people to try printmaking, and no artistic experience is needed.
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May 19, 2024 13:03 UTC
Ann’s Eye: See this Wolastoqey woman read from her first book
Ann’s Eye: See this Wolastoqey woman read from her first bookNewsDuration 2:18Stephanie Francis’s debut children’ book, Bird in a Cage, is about what it’s like to experience and survive residential schools, Indian day schools and colonial trauma, as well as the resilience of Indigenous people. Francis recently read an excerpt from the book for an audience on Sitansisk (St. Mary’s First Nation).
Source:CBC News
May 19, 2024 12:04 UTC
UBC researchers use drones to study how orcas breathe
UBC researchers use drones to study how orcas breatheNewsDuration 0:54Researchers at the University of British Columbia combined drone footage with data from tracking tags to better understand how orcas breathe, and spend their energy under water.
Source:CBC News
May 19, 2024 05:44 UTC
N.B. pogo master bounces for the stars on Britain's Got Talent
pogo master bounces for the stars on Britain's Got TalentNewsDuration 1:44Duncan Murray’s first pogo performance was at a school talent show. Several years later, and with an upgraded pogo stick, the young man from Burton performed at Britain's Got Talent.
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May 19, 2024 01:08 UTC
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them
The head of Canada’s intelligence agency CSIS says Canadians should stay away from TikTok because it poses a data security risk. He says it’s very clear from the app's design that Canadian data is available to the government of China. "Most people can say, 'Why is it a big deal for a teenager now to have their data [on TikTok]?' "We know that a lot of people, particularly young people, enjoy using TikTok and we need to make sure that usage is safe. Vigneault is not the only senior Canadian intelligence official to weigh in on the use of TikTok.
Source:CBC News
May 18, 2024 22:28 UTC
Rex Murphy, a Dominant Pundit on the Right in Canada, Dies at 77
Rex Murphy, a Canadian newspaper, radio and television commentator who delighted his country’s conservatives with sharp attacks on environmentalists, liberal politicians and what he called their “woke politics,” died on May 9 in Toronto. His editor at The National Post, Kevin Libin, said Mr. Murphy died in a hospital. In his heyday, in the 1990s, Mr. Murphy was the rare political commentator who commanded a countrywide audience, skewering Canada’s elites as well as its sometimes fragile sense of nationhood. For 21 years, from 1994 to 2015, he was the host of “Cross Country Checkup,” a popular weekly radio call-in show aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. For much of that period he gave a weekly segment of commentary on the CBC’s main nightly TV news program, “The National.”
Source:National Post
May 18, 2024 20:52 UTC
When is a cabin no longer a cabin? Look out, this topic’s as hot as the campfire
When is a cabin no longer a cabin? Look out, this topic’s as hot as the campfireNewsDuration 1:47Everyone agrees on a wood stove. But after that, opinions diverge on when a cabin stops being a cabin. Some people liken TVs, microwaves and other electronic amenities to absurdities, while others say it’s nice to be comfortable in your home away from home. The CBC’s John Gaudie and Zachary Russell asked shoppers the hot question this long weekend.
Source:CBC News
May 18, 2024 20:39 UTC